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How to: Use the same USB drive on Windows and Mac OS X

Posted on August 17th, 2009 by Admin Staff in Operating Systems, Tips and Tutorials

Having personally experienced this problem not too long ago when I first bought a Mac but had to continue using a Windows PC at work, this video is definitely worth watching for those who are newcomers to Mac OS X. The main issue with using the same USB flash drive / memory stick on two different operating systems resides within the format, namely NTSC can’t be written on in Mac OS X but only read. Though there are softwares to work around this both for Windows (MacDrive) and Mac (MacFuse), the cheapest way to sort this out is to use FAT32 instead. Watch the video after the break and find out what you need to be aware of…

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